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I see the following icon in my Mac toolbar. It is related VPN and the onlyVPNI have had on my Mac is Aura VPN and Hotspot shield. It seems out of place for these and yet something regarding, I think Aura, is causing Apple Mail to give me at random time the second image. I did a clean install of MacOS from Time Machine hoping icon would go away but didn't. Apple says they don't recognize the icon.


Has anyone seen anything like this?

MacBook Pro 17″, macOS 10.13

Posted on May 13, 2024 1:02 PM

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May 14, 2024 1:12 PM in response to John Galt

I have removed both VPN and icon still appears but I think Mail works OK at this point. I didn't use Time Machine to install MacOS. I used the Erase all content and settings and then used Time Machine to restore data etc. I don't really want to restore everything manually so I am thinking of using Migration Assistant but only restore 1 choice at a time. Reboot and see if icon shows. Continue until I see the icon show and then I will at least know where the icon is coming from.

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